Cleaning-machine.



W. B. KEIGHLEY.

CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. 1910.

1,059,877.. Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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1 WLG W. B. KEIGHLEY.

CLEANING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED 1111111 1910.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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, W. B. KEIGHLBY.

CLEANING MACHINE.

v APPLIGATIGN 'FILED MAR. 1, 1910.

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Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

W. B. KEIGHLBY. CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION LED MAR' l' m0' Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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I L i. w n u WILLIAM BOTTOMLEY IKEIGHIEY, VINEIJAND, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOB TO 'IHE KEIGHLEY COMPANY, JING., 0F VINELAND; NEW JERSEY, ACORPORATION 0F NEW Jansma,` v

cLEAmNG-MAOHINE.

.Specication of Letters '.llatenc.4

Patented Apr. 22, 19013.

To all whom t mayl concern Be it known that I, WIILIAM B. KEIGH- LEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in Vineland, New Jersey, haveinvented certain Improvements in Cleaning-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification. One object of my invention is to provide aconvenient and efficient machine for removing soil marks or foreignmaterial from thesurface of any object and more particusented to one ormore additional brushes to' complete'the cleaning.

The invention also contemplates novel means for supplying predeterminedamounts of cleaning Huid to a rotary brush or other ',device, designeduto deliver said liquid to a .shoe or other object to be cleaned.

I also desire to provide a machineof the genera-l character noted, withmeans for carrying off the surplus liquid as well as the lint, dirt, orother solid material removed from the shoes or other objects operatedon, as well asineans for separating such material from the air employedfor conveying it away from the machine.

Another object of my invention is to pro-.

vide relatively compact and vsubstantial means for supporting andactuating a plurality of cleaning wheels in a machine of the generaltype noted.

These objects and `other advantageous ends I secure vas hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved machine, illustrating thegeneral arrangement of its parts; Fig. 2, is a front elevation of themachine shown in Fig. 1,

porting frame or other suitable structureupon which my improved cleaningmachine 1s carried and thls latter includes a casing 2 containinga'suction fan whose outlet 3 com- -municates with the top of a dustcollecting box or casing 4 preferably `mounted alongside of thestructure 1. This box contains a `number of transverse screens or sieves5 whose meshes decrease in size from the uppermost screen.toward thatnearest the bottom; 'there being openings 6 in the side of the casingadjacent the bottom thereof for thekescape-'of the cleaned air. The fanwithL in the casing 2. is mounted on a shaft 7 passing Aaxially throughsaid casing and supported in horizontal bearings; it being noted thatthe intake of the fan is preferably concentric with said shaft andprojects at one side of the fan casing; terminating in two hoods 8 and 9hereafter referred to. The shaft 7 projects outside of the casing 2 onthat side ythereof opposite the intake conduit 2a andV has fixed to it anumber of pulleys 10, 11, 12, and 13, of which in the present instancethe first is an ordinary crowned pulley and the three last are grooved.y

Supported in suitable bearings 14 pro` jecting forwardly from the top ofthe frame 1 is a tubular shaft 15 extending parallel with the shaft 7and having concentrically mounted within it two other Itubular shafts 16and 17 and a central spindle 18. Said shaft 15 has mounted on it twopulleys 19 and 20, of which the first is loose and the second is fixedto it; there being a driving belt 21 extending between said pulleys anda driving pulley 22 mounted on a countershaft 23 supported in suitablebearings near the bottom part of the structure 1. Also .fixed to theshaft 15 is a crown pulley 24 that three, or more than four may beVemployed if desired.

The free ends of the shafts are provided with various forms of cleaningor polishing wheels and in. the present instance the shaft 16 has fixedto it a polishing wheel. 29 of' relatively large diameter. Immediatelybelyond this wheel is a wheel 30 fixed to theshhft 17, forappl gcleaning fluid to the shoes or other ohiuecfs'operated'on'.- Bey`ondthesecond wheel is`a third and -rela.- tivel small wheel' 31 ;-usually a.bristle brus fixed to the central shaft lor spindle 18. i s

The various pulleys 26, 27, and 28, as well as the pulleys from theshaft 7 are so proportioned that the shaft 16, 17, and 18 are turned atthe proper speeds to give the most desirable peripheral velocities tothe various wheels 29, 30, and 31; the'various pulleys-being connectedby belts or cords 32, 33, 34 as shownin Fig. 4.

From Figs. 1, 3 and 4, it will be noted that the hood 8 extends over thetop and back of the two wheels 29, and and has' an adjustable top andfront portion 35, provided with a' series of slots 8b for the receptionof screws whereby the amount of its projection. around the'front partsof the wheels may be re lated at will., The rear end'of this lhood is`connected to .the intake conduit 2a of the fan by a branch conduit 2b.As will be noted from Fig. 4, the end .of the said conduit 2 is bent atright angles and extended forwardly tov the hood 9, which extends to thetop and back of the smallest wheel 31.

Mounted lin any suitable manner to the rear of the hood 8, (in thepresent instance vupon the main portion of the conduit 2B) is a casing36, having its u per portion 36* in the form of a reservoir or thereceptionof a bottle 37 designed tohold water or other cleaning luid.From the lower part of this reservoir there extends a tube 3S whichprojects into the hood 8 and terminates on top of a segmental saddlepiece 39 pivoted to the hood by a spindle or rod 40 Aand so shaped as tolie immediately above and substantially parallel with the curved surfaceof the wheel 30. Between said saddle and said wheel is mounted a thickstrip 41' of felt or other suitable absorbent material which preferablyrests directl upon the surface of said wheel 30 and is astened to thesaddle structure adjacent to said spindle 40. An arm 42 is plvotallymounted on the spindle-40 and supports a liquid catching trough 43projecting across'the surface of the wheel 30 immediately in front ofthe top end of the absorbent pad 41; there being a conduit 44 extendingfrom said trough downwardly and rearwardly to a trough 45 carriedimmediately adj acent the spindle 40, 'for the reception of any liquidcollected by said trough 43. Any desired form of drainage pipe (notshown) may be connected to said trough 45. The outlet 38 from thereservoir 36 is so placed that liquidl is delivered to it from thebottle 37 by what is known as a barometric feed; that 1s to say, as theliquid passes out of the tube 38 it graduallyilowers' the liquid levelwithin the lower part of the `reservoir until air is free to entery the'mouth of the bottle 37.

This permits a further outflow of liquidV and the amount of such liquidis governed by means of aneedle valve 38.

Under operating conditions, with the belt 21 on the fast pulley 20, thepulleyl 24 is driven through the tubular shaft 15, and

said pulley, through the belt 25, in turn drives the pulley 10. Since`this is iixed -to the shaft 7, thefan on the' shaft 2 is driven;

as are also the various'pulleys 11, 12, and 13, and by Ieans vof thebelts 32, 33, and 34 these pulleys drivethe pulleys 26, 27, and 28, aswell as theshafts to which 'these latter are'fixed and therefore drivethe wheels 29, 30 and 31. While theselatter may be `which while beingvery completely saturated, is prevented from being supplied with toomuch water by proper adjustment of the valve 38. When in use the dust,etc., collected in the crease of the sole of the shoe, between the upperand the "edge, is cleaned out by applymg it to the brush 31; the forei\material, etc., being carried awaythroug the hood 9 and conduit 2*,owing to the suction created by the fan in the casing 2. The soiled,portion of the shoe is then touched to the wet brush 30 after which itis cleaned oi dry and olished by the brush 29.v Here again any d iscarried away through the vconduit 2 by the suction of the fan andafterwpassage througlh this latter andthe conduit 3, is delivere to thescreens in the casing 4. These etfectually catch the dirt orothermaterial carried bythe air, which is nally allowed to pass out of thedevice through the openings 6. Any surplus liquid supplied by the wetbrushv 30 is collected in the trough 43,

irt or lint from whence it vpasses through the tubular arm 44 to thetrough 45 and thence out of the machine.

While I have described mymachine as particularly adaptedfor use incleaning shoes during their manufacture, it is obvivous that it may beemployed in many ways around the brush 30 to the rear lower end of thesaddle, to which it is attached by a series of hooks 41h or by othersuitable means, as shown in Fig. 6. In this case the liquid is deliveredthrough the pipe 38 either to a felt pad as before or directly to thebrush 30, which, under the action of centrifugal force, throws theliquid onto the felt band 41a and thus maintains it in a. moist or dampcondition; it being understood that the amount of liquid supplied may beregulated by adjustment of the valve 382l which is preferably of theneedle type. The shoe or other object to be cleaned is then merelytouched to said band in order that a relatively small amount of liquidmay be applied to it and it is thereafter applied to the dry polishingbrush 29 as before described.

I claim 1. The combination of a rotary kshaft havv ing said shaft; abrush on the shaft; a band of absorbent material extending partiallyaround the brush so as to receive liquid therefrom; and means forsupplying liquid for the brush.

2. The combination of a supporting structure; a shaft rotatably mountedthereon; driving meansfor the shaft; a brush fixed to the shaft; asaddle mounted adjacent the brush; a. band ofLabsorbent materialattached to the front of the saddle and eX- tending across the face ofthe brush around the same; with means for delivering liquid lfor thebrush.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BOTTOMLEY KEIGrlILlilY.`

Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, WM. A. BARR.

